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F. OAKLEY. LIQUID COOLER.

No. 606,074. Patented June 21,1898.

I- I' I MZMPML NITED STATES ATENT .EFicE.

LIQUID-COOLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 606,074, dated June 21, 1898.

Application filed July 27,1896. Serial No. 600,643. (No model.)

T aZZ whom) it may concern.-

Be it known thatI, FRANCIS OAKLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing in Newport,

in the county of Newport and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coolers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of my invention. 7

My invention relates to an improvement in coolers used for the purpose of cooling beer, ale, water, or other liquids as theypass from the barrel or other receptacle through the pipe to the faucet.

The object of my invention is to provide a means of cooling and filtering the liquids as below'set forth, reference being had to the drawings hereto annexed.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cooler and attachments, with parts broken away. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the cooling-box; and Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view of the filters,showin g same removed from the receptacle designed to hold same, said view showing the screen and filter holders in 'vertical section.

In the usual manner of drawing beer, ale, and other liquids an air-pump or some other means is employed for the purpose of forcing the liquid through the faucet, and to more particularly illustrate mycooler A in the drawings I employ an air-pipe or, leading from pump 0 to barrel S. I

In carrying out my improvement I do not, as heretofore, cool the liquid by a series of coils of pipe usually leading the liquid from the barrel through the said series of coils packed in ice to the faucet for the reason that the deposit or sediment from the liquid c0llects in the coils of pipe, thereby making the liquid 'unhealthful and offensive within a short period of time. by my cooler A acting as a settling-tank and employ .cover B to attach to neck a of my cooler by means of thread j or other suitable detachable fastening, and to more particularly illustrate my cooler (see Fig. 2) I employ thread j to fit neck a. It being necessary to make an air-tight connection, I use washer y, of rubber or some other resilient material, and to clean my cooler Idisconnect supply- I obviate this difficulty pipe e (see Fig. 3) at union to. I then detach cover B from neck a by means of nut c. I then remove strainers h h and filters cl (1, and the hand can then be inserted through neck a and the inside of cooler can be easily and quickly cleaned. I also provide a regulatingpipe g, with a coupling m, (see Fig. 1,) to connect with petcock t, (see Fig.3,) that the gases generated in cooler A may be released by means of petcock t wholly or partially at will, thereby providing a means. of drawing the liquid from faucet iin a lively or still manner, as necessity requires. I further employ filter cl d, (see Fig. 2,) made of felt orsome other porous material, for the purpose of filtering the liquid as it enters the cooler, and in combination therewithI employ Wire screen h h or some other percolating material for'the purpose of keeping the felt d d in a flat position on seat f. Ifurther employ outlet-pipe b, with coupling m, (see Fig. 1,) for the purpose of drawing the cold liquid from or near the bottom of my cooler A, pipe 1) connectingwith faucet 1; (see Fig. 3) by coupling m. I also provide feet 0" 1' 'to the bottom of my cooler that the bottom of my cooler may be elevated from the floor of ice-box 1), (see Fig.

3), the cooler thereby receiving the cold radiation of water 00, coming from ice 2, the waste water from ice making its exit from box p by means of waste-pipe w.

I claim' In a cooler, the combination with the box mounted on suitable legs within an ice-box,

' the pipes 19 and g communicating with the interior of said box, the internally-threaded neck portion of the box and shoulder f, the cap B with integral nut extension 0 which is centrally apertured, the pipe 6 having screwthreaded connection with the said cap in said aperture, of the alternately-disposed screens and filters h and cl respectively, held within the said neck portions and between the shoul-- der f and cap 13, and the pump and connection with the supply-tank and box A, all substantially as shown and described.

, FRANCIS OAKLEY. Witnesses: CLARENCE A. HA METT, WILLIAM 0. Soon. 

